1.

Does a German notary infringe the prohibition on providing, directly or indirectly, legal advisory services to a legal person established in Russia if he or she authenticates a contract for the sale of title to an apartment (Wohnungseigentum) entered into between that person as the seller and a national of a Member State of the European Union?

2.

Does an interpreter act in contravention of the prohibition on providing, directly or indirectly, legal advisory services if, for the purposes of that authentication of the contract of sale, he or she accepts an assignment from that notary to translate the content of the authentication proceedings for the representative of the legal person established in Russia, who lacks sufficient proficiency in the German language?

3.

Does the notary infringe the prohibition on providing, directly or indirectly, legal advisory services if he or she accepts and carries out instructions to perform notarial activities provided for by law for the purposes of execution of the contract of sale (for example, settlement of the purchase price payment via an escrow account held by the notary, requesting documents required for the cancellation of mortgages and other encumbrances burdening the object of sale, submission of the documents necessary to effect registration of the transfer of title to the body maintaining the Grundbuch (‘the Land Register’))?